John Calvin Quotes About Joy

Quotes about: Joy

• There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.

  John Calvin

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Nature

  "The Value of Convenience: Genealogy of Technical Culture". Book by Thomas F. Tierney (p. 128), 1993.

• There is nothing in afflictions which ought to disturb our joy.

  John Calvin

  Joy, Affliction, Ought

  John Calvin (2013). “Commentary on James”, p.6, Ravenio Books

• You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.

  John Calvin

  Order, Joy, Suffering

• Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God's saving grace in Christ Jesus.

  John Calvin

  Jesus, Heart, Joy

• No one will calmly and quietly submit to bear the cross except those who have learned to seek their happiness beyond this world.

  John Calvin

  Joy, Suffering, World

• Joy and patience are far above our strength... We must persevere in prayer that he may not permit our hearts to faint... Prayer and perseverance are necessary in our daily conflicts. The best remedy to the weariness is diligence in prayer.

  John Calvin

  Perseverance, Prayer, Heart

• We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God's benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.

  John Calvin

  Meditation, Joy, Suffering

• Rejoicing refers to moderation of spirit when the mind keeps itself in calmness under adversity and does not give indulgence to grief. Constant praying is the way of 'rejoicing perpetually', for by this means we ask from God alleviation in connection with all our distresses.

  John Calvin

  Grief, Mean, Adversity

  John Calvin “John Calvin's Bible Commentaries On St. Paul's Epistles To The Philippians, Colossians And Thessalonians”, Jazzybee Verlag

• Joy and thanksgiving expressed in prayer and praise according to the Word of God are the heart of the Church's worship.

  John Calvin

  Prayer, Heart, Joy

• Christians rejoice even while they truly sorrow - because their rejoicing is in the hope of heaven... While joy overcomes sorrow, it does not put an end to it.

  John Calvin

  Christian, Joy, Heaven

• the more we are oppressed by the cross, the fuller will be our spiritual joy.

  John Calvin

  Spiritual, Joy, Crosses

  John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.66, Baker Books

• For though we very truly hear that the kingdom of God will be filled with splendor, joy, happiness and glory, yet when these things are spoken of, they remain utterly remote from our perception, and as it were, wrapped in obscurities, until that day.

  John Calvin

  Joy, Perception, Obscurity

  John Calvin “Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion”, Westminster John Knox Press

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